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Also Known As Hyacinthe François Honoré Mathias Pierre André Jean Rigau y Ros
Baptized July 18, 1659
Died December 29, 1743 • Paris • France
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture

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Rigaud, Hyacinthe: Louis XV as a Child
Bossuet, detail of an oil painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1698; in the Uffizi, Florence
Frederick IV, detail of an oil painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud; in Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark
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Louis XV, detail of a portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud; in the Chateau de Versailles
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